Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
Isn’t it great when you happen upon a really terrific recipe for something yummy that just so happens to also be easy? I love it when that happens! It happened again in this recipe for Teriyaki Chicken. This is such a good and easy recipe that I multiply it and cook it for the crowd …
Vanilla Bean Custard Style Ice Cream
Is there any summertime treat more readily greeted or eagerly anticipated than homemade ice cream? I submit that there is not. I remember when we were kids, how excited we would get when Grandma would announce that she was going to make ice cream. We would literally leap for joy. We would watch her make …
The Lost Art of Communication
I remember when I was about 10 years old going to a political fundraiser with my Mom. It was located at the “Sheriff’s Posse”, a local community building on our county fair grounds that was usually rented out for dances and fundraisers. Anyhow, this particular fundraiser was a craft fair and bake sale. As …
Stuffed Spaghetti Squash Boats
Eating healthily doesn’t have to be a venture into the bland and uninventive. Case in point, this totally yummy, healthy and low fat dish. Mike loves to eat all things artery clogging and turns his nose up at anything low fat. He however, liked this so much that he ate all of it and asked …
Today is the day!
Well Bible memory rock stars, it’s March 1. That is the day that we picked to begin the challenge of memorizing the book of Philippians. Week one of our memory schedule has us memorizing chapter 1 verses 1-6. If you just memorize one verse a day you’ll have one day left over in the week …
You wouldn’t believe all the junk that is stored up there!
When I was a preteen someone gave my Dad some record albums. They were comedy albums by “Cheech and Chong”. My Dad (who has been a police officer, Police Chief or elected county Sheriff my whole life) had no idea what these records were. They were waaaay off his radar screen. If he had known, …
Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin
Mike loves pork and I love maple glazing things. It’s a match made in heaven when this oh so yummy Maple Glazed Pork Tenderloin is on the menu. Some recipe notes: This recipe will work with either natural pork or enhanced pork (injected with a salty solution). If your tenderloins are smaller than 1¼ pounds, …
Steak au Poivre with Brandied Cream Sauce
Oh man. Man oh man. Man! This is good steak! It has a fancy name, and a couple of things in preparation (like crushing pepper corns and pressing them into the meat) that make it seem fancy but it’s easy to prepare. The taste…mmmm… is all gourmet. Bottled steak sauce is not allowed in my …
Easy French Bread
Easy. That’s a nice word. I like that word. Whenever I am given a task and it is followed by the word “easy” immediately, it ministers calm to me. Not that I don’t like a challenge, I do. Whenever we buy a new Suduko book, I immediately flip to the back and work the “challenging” …
Brownie Buckeye Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
WARNING! If you are not a chocolate and peanut butter fiend… and I mean… a FIEND for chocolate and peanut butter then slowly step away from the computer…SLOWLY… no sudden movements… this baby could go off at any moment… it’s fully LOADED with peanut butter. You’ve been warned about these and yet you are still …